birth control

birth control
birth control irth control n. the act or process of deliberately limiting the number of one's children born, especially by preventing conception.

Note: Conception may be prevented by ingesting medicines, using barriers such as condoms or spermicides during copulation, or by ligating or removing the reproductive organs.

Syn: birth prevention, family planning. [WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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